has disney got villas that count towards room nights?

[floody]

Hi, as the title says, we are going to have our wedding in may 2009 and we need to have 25 room nights in a disney hotel etc to count towards the minimum, we are thinking of have some nights in disney hotel then some in a villa somewhere for 10 of us to keep cost down and all be together to have a laugh!!
so just checking to see if disney own any villas? thanks

 

[Starr W.]

Hi, as the title says, we are going to have our wedding in may 2009 and we need to have 25 room nights in a disney hotel etc to count towards the minimum, we are thinking of have some nights in disney hotel then some in a villa somewhere for 10 of us to keep cost down and all be together to have a laugh!!
so just checking to see if disney own any villas? thanks

The Disney Vacation Club has villas, but for the number of people, I think you'd be looking at a Grand Villa(3br, sleeps 10) I don't think those are available through CRO.

There are not many of them and they tend to get booked up by members during the home resort priority period(11-8 months ahead) and they required a lot of points.

Saratoga Springs has 36 GV's, Old Key West 27 GV's, Boardwalk 7 GV's and when Animal Kingdom is finished 22 GV's.

Perhaps you could go with a 2 bedroom(sleeps 8) and a studio or 1 bedroom.
The cheapest way is to rent from an owner, it would be cheaper than booking through Disney. If you go to the DVC section of the site there is a rent/trade board(I think even on the UK DVC section). Read all the info about renting and make sure you understand the system first.

 

[pink_tink8i8]

thank you floody for posting this question. I am curious to this as well since I plan on renting a villa myself for my wedding. Does this count towards the minimum

 

[Starr W.]

thank you floody for posting this question. I am curious to this as well since I plan on renting a villa myself for my wedding. Does this count towards the minimum

Yes they count!

 

[caryndisneydiva]

it does count towards the min, but it only counts as 1 room...

also, the grand villa is pretty expensive. even if you rented dvc points, i still think an all star would be cheaper.

 

[Starr W.]

it does count towards the min, but it only counts as 1 room...

also, the grand villa is pretty expensive. even if you rented dvc points, i still think an all star would be cheaper.

It's also a PITA to book because there are so few, you really need to book day by day (ie starting a reservation and every day adding another day to it). I would do it for my own use, but for a renter, NO.

It actually uses less points booking a 2br and a studio.

 

[suprgrlx]

When you say count towards the minimum, you mean the room-night minimum, not the Wishes minimum, right?

 

[Starr W.]

When you say count towards the minimum, you mean the room-night minimum, not the Wishes minimum, right?

room night

 

[floody]

Thanks all, thats what i thought about sticking everyone in a all stars value place for a few nights to count towards the 25 room night thing!! we looked at 7 nights for bride and groom, 6 of our friends and 2 sets of parents, then us and the 6 freinds would go to one of the off site villas you can find in say kissimee for the other week and it would only be something like $100 p/p!! bargain!!
You see the problem is coming over from the UK its a bit of a cheek to say to guests to stay in a disney hotel to help us out considering they have to pay the best part of $1000 each for a flight!!
I'm sure we can twist parents arms to stay for at least 10 nights each in disney and bride and groom would stay for at least 5 nights in somewhere like floridian ( i know its expensive but its OUR!! wedding lol )